Improvement in wine and cider-mills



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W. K. FoLrz AND` W. A fMCoooL, or ASHLAND, omo.

' team Patent No. 100,517, dated Mami s, 1870.v

` "0"; `IMPROVEMENT IN WINE AD CIDER-MILLS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the Bama To all whom. 'it may concern Beit known that we,NV. K. FOI/rz `and, W. A. MGOQOL, of Ashland, in the county of Ashland, and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and improved Wine and Oider-Mill;` and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying ,drawings making part of this specification, in which drawings-,-

Figure 1 is a side view of the mill. Figure 2, a view of the opposite sideof fig. l. Figure 3, a front view. Figure 4, a-view of the top. Like letters of reference `refer todike parts in the several views.V

Objective.

This invention relates to a wiueand cider-mill, the peculiarconstruction of which is such that the fruit is ground and pressed in one continuousoperation by means of a mill consisting of a toothed cylinder and a press, consisting of a series of vrollersl to which the pumice is conveyed by means of an endless apron, all of which is hereinafter more fully described.

Descriptiva In fig 1, A represents a frame, in the tcp of which, near to one end, is mounted on the shaft B, tig. 4, a cylinder, 0,studded with a series of teeth, a, whereby the fruit is torn and `reduced tothe condition of pomace.

` Said cylinder is inclosed iu a case, D, ou the .top of which ismounted a hopper, E, all of which comprise the mill-part ofthe machine.4

In the top, near the front end of said'frame, is journaled a roller, F; also, in close relation therewith, is jourualed a smooth, solid roller, G; and in close relation to said roller Gr is journaled a roller, H.

.Immediately below said rollers, and in close relation therewith, is journaled in``a stay, I, iig. 2, a series of three rollers, J K L.

Also, iu said frame is journaled a series of rollers,

M N O, the purpose of `which will presently beshown.'

I', figs. 1 and 2, `is an endless, open apron, constructed of slats, the slats being 'connected to `each Said apronl is stretched over and around the several rollers J K L and MN O, and is made to revolve by the rotation of the roller F, the 'other rollers being auxiliary thereto, for the purpose of giving tension and direction to the apron.

Said apron is covered by a textile apron, R, and revolves conjointly therewith, as and for a purpose hereinafter shown.

S, fig. 4, is a Vdistributingscrew,Y which, as will be observed, consists of a left-and-right handed thread,

each thread terminating at the middle of the apron and running outwardly to the edges thereof.

Motion is given to the cylinder and to the several rollers by a system of gearing, consisting of a drivingwheel, A', figs. 1 and 4, to which motion is given by i the crank B', and from which the pinion C' receives motion for driving the cylinder.

From the pinion D', fig. 4, mounted on the shaft with the driving-wheel A', motion is transferred to the wheel E', giving motion thereby to the smooth, solid' roller G, on the shaft of which is keyed a gear, F',

from which the gear G receives motion for driving the roller F, whereby the aprons are carried.

Operatice.

Having thus described the construction and general arrangement of the mill, the practical operation of the same is as follows, viz:

The iuit on being thrown into thehopper E is quickly reduced to a pomace by the toothed cylinder,

and from which it falls upon the aprons, passing in their revolution under the mill.

1 he reduced fruit is equally spread over said aprons by the distributing-screw S, which is made to rotate by a belt, E', and pulleys H', fig. 2.

The pomace thus distributed is carried by the aprons to the pressing or solid roller Gr, under which it is conveyed and pressed consecutively between it and the rollers H L, R J.

The juice, as itis expressed, is strained'hy the textile apron and falls through the slat or open apron down into the vat I', from which it flows through the spout J into casks or tubs provided therefor.

The pomace after being thus pressed is carried over the roller F' on the apron, and is removed therefrom by a brush, K', fig. 3, driven by a belt, cffrom the pulley H', thereby leaving the apron clean for the reception of a fresh supply of pomace on itsireturn to the mill. Thus the fruit is reduced to pomaoe, pressed and strained by one direct and continuous operation.

VIt will be observed that the aprons and the roller F, whereby they are carried,.do not move or rotate equally together, in consequence of the diameterr of said roller F being larger than that of the auxiliary' rollers,aud therefore it moves faster than the auxiliaries, which retard the movement of the aprons and cause them to slip upon the roller -F and rotate with the auxiliaries.

The purpose of this unequal movement of the aprons and roller is to bring the slatscomprising the apron, and also-every part of the textile apron, to bear on every part of the face of the pressing-roller,.so that there shall be no unequal wearing of thesurface in consequence of the slats coming at each revolution to the same place, or by repeated pressure exerted upon the textile apron, cause it to cut or Wear through.'

By this unequal movement of the roller G and the aprons, the roller is worn equally and smoothly over the entire extent of its surface, and greater durability obtained to the aprons.

1. The arrangement, with rollers F G H and slotted apron P R, of the revolving brush K', rlght-and-left screw S, and cylinder C, all constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein shown.

2. The slatted endless apron P and textile apron R, in combination with the rollers F G H and J K L and screw S, in the manner as described, and for the purnose specified.

W. K. FOLTZ.

W. A. MCCOOL.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, J. H. BURRIDGE. 

